Glen Lochay is in Perthshire

Perthshire

Perthshire, officially the County of Perth , is a registration county in central Scotland. It extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle in the south...

, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 through which the River Lochay runs eastward towards Loch Tay

Loch Tay

Loch Tay is a freshwater loch in the central highlands of Scotland, in the district of Perthshire.It is a long narrow loch of around 14 miles long, and typically around 1 to 1½ miles wide, following the line of the valley from the south west to north east...

, joining the River Dochart

River Dochart

The River Dochart is in Perthshire, Scotland.Coming from Ben Lui, it flows east out of Loch Dochart and through the glen of the same name. At Killin just before it enters Loch Tay are the Falls of Dochart. The river is sometimes also considered to be a part of the upper reaches of the River...

 at Killin

Killin

Killin is a village situated at the western head of Loch Tay in Stirling , Scotland....

. Glen Lochay is about 20 miles long, running from a point north of Crianlarich

Crianlarich

Crianlarich is a village in the Stirling district and registration county of Perthshire, Scotland, about six miles north-east of the head of Loch Lomond...

 to Loch Tay.

A road runs up the glen as far as Kenknock Farm (at ), but there is no vehicular access beyond this point. A track leads further up the glen past cottages at Badour, then Batavaime farm (at ), the last occupied building in Glen Lochay. The ruins of cottages can be seen higher up the glen, but these were vacated long ago.

The route of a seven-mile walk through this "delightful and remote glen" is documented.

There is an extensive local hydro-electric network throughout this area, much of which is buried under the ground and goes largely unseen, but some pipelines are visible crossing the glen.